Interestingly, barely a year earlier, the section of the military that seized power after the January 15, 1966 coup had attempted to reconstruct Nigeria as a unitary state with the promulgation of the unification decree 34 of 1966.
N'ụzọ na-akpali mmasị, na-erughị otu afọ tupu mgbe ahụ, ngalaba nke ndị agha weghara ike mgbagha ahụ mere na Jenuwarị 15, 1966 nwughari iweghachi Naịjirịa dị ka ala jikọrọ ọnụ nke iwu nke njikọta 34 nke 1966 jikọrọ.